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The Ministry of Untruths

The Slow Newscast

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Boris Johnson's 'I Didn't Do It'

Boris johnson's initial practice is to say, i dodn't do anything. Whether it's lying or meeting steve bannon he just says, i didn't do it. He was sacked from the times over a front page article with a made up quote. Then tacked as a shadow minister by the tory leader michael howard for lying about an affair. The way downing street handled the stories of parties cast doubt on the whole operation there. It didn't just look evasive, it looked dishonest. So our story, which they shut down categorically, was worth another look. I went back to the beginning. What did we know for sure?

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